I got my first camera when I was 21 - my boyfriend gave it to me for my birthday - but at that point politics was my life, and I viewed the camera as a tool for expressing my political… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
Photography can still be used to champion activism and change. I believe this, even while standing in the cool winds of postmodernism... Postmodernism looked radical, but it wasn't. As a movement it was profoundly liberal and became a victim of… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used to open… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
In terms of digital photography, I continue to print and use film for the most part. I still shoot with film, 21/4 film specifically,… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working. — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I didnt know photography would take me to the places that it has taken me — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I come from a family of Mississippi sharecroppers just a few generations away from slavery, and I experienced a lot of racism growing up… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I've been busy for a long, long time. I've received a ton of awards in the past few years ... I think they're really… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
“Art is the one place we all turn to for solace. We turn to it constantly, whether you are listening to music, or pop in a film; you want to escape reality, and if you thinking deeply, you want to engage in art in a complex way. Art allows us to navigate the more complicated parts of our lives in… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share
I really like the structure of my body. It moves well, it looks good, it photographs well, it understands gesture and nuance. — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
You know, artists are influenced by other artists. We're all deeply influenced by what's around us; we don't make anything cold. Sometimes we think… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
It's very important for me to really use this body as a barometer of a certain kind of knowledge--to take the personal risk of… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
Suddenly this camera, this thing, allowed me to move around the world in a certain kind of way, with a certain kind of purpose.… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
How you get work done is by exploiting yourself and your feelings, and sometimes people get in the way. — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
